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Elio Motors unveils engine prototype for 84 mpg highway 3-wheeler

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Elio Motors, the start-up developing a $6,800, 84-mpg- (2.8l/100 100 km) three-wheeled vehicle with a target date of 2016, unveiled its engine prototype: a 0.9-liter, We are literally trying to reinvent the auto industry, so why go the conventional route and rework someone else’s engine? Click to enlarge.

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Elio Motors begins work on Gen 5 prototype of $6,800, 84 MPG Vehicle

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Elio Motors has begun work on its fifth-generation prototype three-wheeled vehicle. liter, 3-cylinder engine prototype and a manual transmission. liter, 3-cylinder engine prototype and a manual transmission. Elio Motors is targeting a launch date mid 2016 for a vehicle that will get up to 84 mpg (2.8-l/100

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Elio Motors completes first E-Series test vehicle

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Elio Motors, the start-up vehicle manufacturer planning to launch a three-wheeled vehicle that will get up to 84 mpg (2.8 l/100km) with a targeted base price of $6,800, has completed its first E-Series testing vehicle, code-named the E1A.

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Elio introduces Gen5 three-wheeler prototype at LA Auto Show

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Elio Motors introduced its three-wheeled P5 fifth-generation prototype at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The company is targeting a launch date of late 2016 for the enclosed vehicle that is expected to deliver to 84 mpg and retail for a targeted base price of $6,800. The P5 is the company’s first prototype to feature the 0.9-liter,

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Elio’s crowdfunding campaign attracts $16M in non-binding interest so far

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Capital raised will help fund the 2016 launch of its three-wheel, enclosed vehicle that Elio expects to sell for $6,800. The P5 will feature an engine developed by IAV specifically for the Elio and also will feature a production level transmission from Aisin.

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Elio Motors plans to sell 100 pre-production 3-wheelers; consumer launch moving to 2017 as company seeks funding

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Elio Motors, the startup vehicle manufacturer planning to launch a three-wheeled vehicle that will get up to 84 mpg with a targeted base price of $6,800, will sell 100 pre-production vehicles built at its Shreveport, Louisiana, production facility fourth quarter of 2016. —Paul Elio.

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Elio Motors launches stock sale to raise $25M to help bring 3-wheeler to market

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Elio Motors is seeking to raise the $25 million to move closer to production, including building and testing an additional 25 vehicles that will be used for final engineering steps and validation. Since 19 June, Elio Motors has been in the “testing the waters” phase, gauging the level of interest from potential investors.

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